Candy-dipping machine.



PATENTED DEC. 31. 1907.

A. KUNITZ.

CANDY DIPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I'IIIJD MAY 21. 1907- I ,Arramvsys iinrrnn srnlrnerarnnr orrre Ei ADOLPH KUNITZ, OF NORFOLK, XEBRASKA'.

CANDY-DIPPING MACHINE.

The invention'is intended more particu- .larly for the purpose ofchocolate-coating the cheaper grades of candy.

To this end, the invention consists in a suitable chocolate receptacle,above which is mounted a rotatable carrier forthe candy trays, so.arranged that the trays may be carried through the chocolate in regularorder,

and when one of the trays is being dumped and refilled the other traymaybe draining. In addition to this, provision is made for subjectingthe already dipped confections to jars or shocks which will tend toshake 0E the surplus chocolate and leave only a thin coating upon theconfections.

The invention will be fully understood from the following detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming.part of this specification, in which,' a

The figure represents a perspective view of'the improved dippingmachine, with parts broken away and other parts shown in sec tion. 1

Referring to the drawing, there is shown a suitable bench 1 which may beof ordinary construction and needs no particular description. This benchcarries a chocolate pan '2 which, as shown, isprovided with an interiorreceptacle 3 between which and the main pan- 2 there is left a space 4for thecirculation of steam or hot water by means of which the chocolatecompound within the receptacle 3 is maintained in the desired conditionoffiuidity. The pan 2 will, of course,

. be provided with suitable inlet and outlet .0 enings for the steam orhot waterpbut t ese are not shown in the. drawings.

Erected on each side of the bench 1 and extending up alongside of thepan 2 and above the same are two standards 5,'se'

cured at their lower ends to the bench 1 and made rigid by means ofbraces '5. The upper ends of these standards are connected by a crosspiece 7, so that the whole Specification of Letters Patent. Applicationfiled May 21, 1907- Serial No. 374.861-

Patented Dec. 31, 1907,}

. structure is rendered as iirm as'may bewlAt a suitable point above thepan? thestahdards are provided with vertical I through slots-8 in whichis journaleda shaft carry 16o ing a frame composed of side bars 10 andconnecting brave-rocls'lll. At the free-end-"" l of each side bar 10 isan inwardly projecting stud 12 ,from which hangs a pendent bracket 13having its lower end expanded so "that 65.. the entire bracket is in theIfOIDLOl aIL in verted T. Mounted in the brackets 1-3.l3; at the scorresponding ends of the side bars 101 are, pintles 14' projecting fromtrays 15. about T midway of their length: These [trays are designed tocarry the confections to be treated with chocolate. In the drawing thesetrays are shown indicatively, without. regard to their true structuresince suchfia structure may be varied; in accordance with the purposesfor which the trays are to 7b used and the structure of these trays-oonstitutc-v no part of the present inventioi-n- The trays commonlyusedfor holding-Iva rious kinds of confections to be chocolatt; coatedmay be used in the machine forming." :15 the subject of thispresentinventihn The brackets 13 of one arm 10 are p vided with a sideopening 16 tlno ugh whieh the. corresponding piiitle 14 may bereniovfiih and a latch 17 serves to maintain the pint in its seat'in thebracket duringthelnanipi lation of the inachine- The brackets 1 3 011;the other sidebar 10 are provided withples 18, designed to enter thesides cfi trays 15 and hold them from turningontl pintles 14, so that,being pendentlysupp'or ed,.the trays will remain horizontal when theside bars 10 are turned about the shaft9 asan axis. At each end of theshaft 9 in them responding standard 5 is a slide 19 held it tlcorresponding standard 5 by 'braoketss20s as to move up and down alongsaid stander and carrying the'eorresponding endbf th shaft 9 up and downthrough the} length the correspondingslot 8. The upper end of the slide19 isfor'med with rack teeth 21 en gaged by teethon a mutilated gearwheel 22. This gear wheel is provided with three equidistantly spacedsets of gear teeth There are two gear wheels22 and two slides 1901i eachside of the machine, and'the gear wheels are mounted on and connected bya shaft 24, held for rotation to the cross-piece 7 bybrackets 25.. Ahandle 26 on one of the gear wheels 22 serves to rotate these gearwheels.

In order that the trays may be held in a fixed position sothatthey'are'in practically a horizontal plane, there is provided a latchlink 27 pivoted at one end to one of the standards 5 and at the otherend provided with a notch to engage a pin 28 in the corresponding sidebar 10. Any other form of latch device which will hold the side barsfrom rotation nag be used.

ow, let itbe sup osed that the trays have been properly fi ed with theconfections to be di pod and that the receptacle 3 is suitably 'fil edwiththe desirable chocolate mixture,- ke t fluid by means of heattransmitted thereto y steam or hot water within the interior 4 of thepan 2. By uncoupling the latch link. 27, one of the trays, say the tray"shown in the foreground of the figure, is lowered by turning the sidebars 10 around the axis of the shaft 9', thereby elevating the moreremote tray so that ultimately it passes throughthe space between thestandards 5,

while at the same time the first-named tray is --;"be'mg carried throughthe chocolate; and

then the second tray may be carried through the chocolate, therebybringing the first tray with the dipped confections, into the foregroundagain.

Now, su pose the operation has been continued am the dipped confectionshave been removed from the tray in the foreground and thelatter isfilled with undipped confections, and that the more remote tray, alreadydipped, is ready to be emptied. By again turning the rotary part of thestructure on its axis, the more remote tray is brought into v theforeground, while the tray with the undj ped confections is carriedthrough the chocolate mixture and elevated therefrom until both traysare in the position shown in the drawing. Now, by rotating the gearwheels 22 bymeans of the'handle 26 the trays will he bodily elevateduntil the gear teeth 23 escape from the rack 21, when the trays will 4'5dro gravity, to be again elevated and drop"e nd the operation. repeatedfor a thir during one rotation of the gear wheel 22 This will give tothe trays a series -whieh will cause the throwing ofi of anyaccumulation of chocolate upon the con- 'ifjections over and above athin coating thereon. By not; locking theside bars 10 against rotationby means of the latch link 27 the placedby-"another tray or by removingthe tray in the foreground may either be restaple the tray may beinverted and the dipped confections thereon dc osited on a suitablereceptacle placed un er this tray above the chocolate, after Which thetray may be turned back to its initial position'and A be again filledWith the confections ready for dipping. By this time the confections themore remote tray have become drained of the surplus chocolate and thechocolate coating has suitably hardened so that the dipped confectionsmay be safely handled.

I claim 1. In a chocolate dipping machine, a rotatable carrier,confection-holding trays pendently supported therefrom and independentlyrotatable in the pendent supports, and means for locking the traysagainst in dependent rotation in their supports.

2. A chocolate dipping machine compris- 4. In a chocolatedippingmachine, con

fection trays, supports therefor, and means for removing surpluschocolate from the dipped confections comprising vertically movablecarrier for the tray su ports provided with gear teeth,- and muti atedgears acting thereon to elevate and then release the supports.

. 5. A chocolate dipping machine comprising a chocolate receptacle, arotatable carrier in operative relation to said receptacle,pendently-h'ung confection trays on said carrier, and means forimparting shocks or .jarsto said trays comprising supports for the carrier having gear teeth formed on one end, and mutilated gears em; "ringsaid teeth and alternately elevating the carrier and permitting it tofall.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature 'in the presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPH KUNITZ.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM STOKES, J. E. HAASE.

